Deputy arrested on felony theft

Updated 7:47 pm, Friday, January 25, 2013

Mark McGee has been employed by with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office since December 2010.

Mark McGee has been employed by with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office since December 2010.

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Deputy arrested on felony theft

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A 47-year-old man employed as a detention officer with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office has been placed on leave after he was arrested on a felony charge of copper theft, according to authorities.

Deputy Mark McGee has been employed by the department since December 2010.

According to a release issued by the Sheriff's Office, McGee was arrested by San Antonio police sometime Friday on the far Southeast Side.

A report detailing his arrest says McGee was wearing a Bexar County Sheriff's Office baseball cap and his badge when a San Antonio police officer caught him in the act of sawing through pipes by in a utility room of a rest stop in the 8600 block of Fam Camp Road. “I thought it would be alright because the building was abandoned,” he told the officer before he was handcuffed, according to the report.

His bond for the state jail felony offense was set at $5,000.

The crime is punishable by up to two years in jail and a fine not to exceed $10,000.

McGee will remain on administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation.